Mary Dowell Phillips memoirs.

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Mary Dowell Phillips memoirs.

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Consists of a photocopy of a typewritten manuscript composed of the following: 1) "Mary Dowell Phillips' Memoirs;" 2) "Statement of Mrs. Mary M. Phillips on Early Days in El Paso, Texas, as Given to Major Richard F. Burges on May 26, 1934;" 3) "Newspaper Articles."

3 items (on [72] leaves, [2] p.) ; 28 cm.

University of Texas at El Paso

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SNAC Resource ID: 7389540

University of Texas at El Paso

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Dowell, Benjamin S. (Benjamin Shacklett), 1818-1880

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Phillips, Mary Dowell.

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Mary Dowell Phillips was the daughter of Benjamin Dowell, El Paso's first mayor. She came to the area with her father in 1855. From the description of Mary Dowell Phillips memoirs. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 36972876 ...

Burges, R. F. (Richard Fenner), 1873-1945

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Lawyer, soldier, politician, and conservationist Richard Fenner Burges (1873-1945), the son of Bettie Rust and William H. Burges, was born in Seguin, Texas. He attended Texas A&M University for one year and was admitted to the bar in 1894 after reading law in the offices of his father in El Paso and J. D. Guinn in New Braunfels. In 1898, he married Ethel Petrie Shelton, with whom he had a daughter. Burges served as El Paso city attorney and wrote the charter for the establishmen...